Achieve up to 34% better price/performance with AWS Lambda Functions powered by AWS Graviton2 processor

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedAchieve up to 34% better price/performance with AWS Lambda Functions powered by AWS Graviton2 processor AWS Lambda functions powered by next-generation AWS Graviton2 processors are now generally available. Graviton2 functions, using an Arm-based processor architecture, are designed to deliver up to 19% better performance at 20% lower cost for a variety of Serverless workloads, such…

Security features of Bottlerocket, an open source Linux-based operating system

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedSecurity features of Bottlerocket, an open source Linux-based operating system Bottlerocket is an open source Linux-based operating system from Amazon that was purpose built for running containers with a strong emphasis on security. The result is an operating system that comes with a variety of built-in controls for creating a secure environment for running…

Amazon QuickSight deployment models for cross-account and cross-Region access to Amazon Redshift and Amazon RDS

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedAmazon QuickSight deployment models for cross-account and cross-Region access to Amazon Redshift and Amazon RDS Many AWS customers use multiple AWS accounts and Regions across different departments and applications within the same company. However, you might deploy services like Amazon QuickSight using a single-account approach to centralize users, data source access, and dashboard management. This post…

Validate IAM policies in CloudFormation templates using IAM Access Analyzer

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedValidate IAM policies in CloudFormation templates using IAM Access Analyzer In this blog post, I introduce IAM Policy Validator for AWS CloudFormation (cfn-policy-validator), an open source tool that extracts AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies from an AWS CloudFormation template, and allows you to run existing IAM Access Analyzer policy validation APIs against…